Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast here on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients . . . . . . . gathered by JoAnne Growney. To receive email notifications of new postings, contact JoAnne at joannegrowney@gmail.com.

Showing posts with label Edwin Markham. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Edwin Markham. Show all posts

Monday, August 29, 2022

Mathematics -- not isolated STARS but COMMUNITY

In his 1940 book-length essay, A Mathematician's Apology , eminent British mathematician G. H Hardy minimizes the importance of tho...

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

TEACHERS are important ... enlarge Hardy's view!

One of the classics written about mathematics is G. H. Hardy's 1940 book-essay, A Mathematician's Apology -- a treatise that ...

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Inclusion-Exclusion -- the power of the CIRCLE!

On my mind today, this poem by U.S. poet Edwin Markham (1852-1940): Outwitted by Edwin Markham He drew a cir...

Friday, September 29, 2017

Poetry . . . Mathematics . . . and Attitude

Outwitted by Edwin Markham (1852-1940) HE DREW a circle that shut me out— Heretic, rebel, a thi...

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

New poems from old by substitution

Just as we get new numbers by substitution of new inputs into old formulas -- such as x² or sinx -- we may get new poems from old ones ...

Thursday, December 9, 2010

8 January 2011 -- Math-Poetry at JMM

Here's an invitation for math-poets -- at 5 PM on Saturday, January 8 at the 2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans there will ...

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